Sunday, July 26, 2009
Living in a multi racial country brings many benefit to us. Besides the multi races, we also have different kinds of customs and culture. Custom is define as a practice followed by people of a particular group or region in a country. As in Malaysia, we have the Malay custom where in the event of marriage they have this ceremony called bertunang. This is a ceremony done before a couple gets married and is done by both the parties in order to let the others know that they are a couple and will be getting married.
There are also a few other custom through out the world wide for example in India. It is known as The Bais Rajput, The Bais Rajput can be found pretty much anywhere in parts of north Pakistan and India including many of the most remote parts of Kashmir. The Bais Rajput are renowned as warriors and the ability to maintain dominion over many of their empires. Their famous reputation was earned by many of their kings and leaders that ruled over northern India for centuries under empires, kingdoms and ownership of mass land amongst the clan. The Bais Rajputs are considered to be Suryavanshi. Which are an ancient Hindu warrior class. Their named ancestor was Gautamiputra Satakarni also known as Shalivahana, the king of Shalikot presently known as Sialkot in Pakistan. Bais Rajput means 'one who occupies the soil meaning owners of mass lands, making them wealthy as well as warriors. The Bais Rajput come under the list of the super Rajput cast. The 'Dhangar' meaning 'who is wealthy'. These Dhangar Rajput Kshatriyas, during times of hardship, migrated from origins in the Indian state of Maharashtra to hills and forests in The Hill States of Punjab and Azad Kashmir.The Bais Rajput have a variety of custom and have a rich culture. Over the years the Bais Rajput have honoured themselves greatly through many weird and unusual customs and parts of their culture. They're very superstitious and many would say that their customs were pointless, however the Bais Rajputs would argue they are symbols of their culture and have derived from Hindu mythology. cobra is their tribal symbol. They eternalize the tradition of a snake origin, and predicate that no snake has or even can destroy one of the clan for the same reason that no Bais Rajput will even kill a cobra. Bais Rajput females can only wear cotton of white and above their feet and ankles their ornaments must be made of gold. The women wear one long cloth, which is fastened round their wastes around the middle, the lower folds covering the lower portions of the person, and the upper parts being thrown over the shoulder. Amongst the Bais Rajput neither man nor woman, rich or poor, will put a hand to cultivation or labour of any sort.The Bais Rajputs divide their inheritance according to a system of heritage by which the three elder sons receive larger shares.The 'Bais' 'Rajput' clan never kill snakes, which they hold in great worship. The Baise believe that no snake has destroyed, or ever can destroy, one of the clan. They seem to take no precautions against snake bite except hanging a vessel of water at the head of the sufferer, with a small tube at the bottom, from which the water is poured on his head for as long as he can bear it. So important is the snake to the Bais that the cobra forms part of the clan's flag.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009